When Comedy Was King (1960)

Comedy Documentary Drama

A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.

Updated May 24 2020

Releases:

US -

1960-03-29

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Keywords:

slapstick pratfall

FACTS

Runtime: 81 mins Rating: 7.0 Tag Line: You Never Dreamed a Film Could Be So Funny

Cast

Gloria Swanson

edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)

Buster Keaton

edited from 'Cops' (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin

edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage)

Wallace Beery

edited from 'Teddy at The throttle' (archive footage)

Edgar Kennedy

edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)

Ben Turpin

edited from 'Yukon Jake' (archive footage)

Oliver Hardy

edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)

Mabel Normand

edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)